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Illinois GIS Association conference planned for October

The ILGISA fall 2011 conference will be held in Naperville on October 18-19, 2011.

City of Appleton receives Esri award

The City of Appleton has received an Esri SAG (Special Achievement in GIS) award.

WHAIFinder project receives Governor’s award for innovation

The “Changing Landscapes of Wisconsin” project, under which the Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder was developed, has been awarded the 2011 Governor’s Award for Archival Innovation.

Wisconsin Historical Society publishes historic map collection online

Find historic maps online through the Wisconsin Historical Society’s new digital collection.

WIGICC working groups formed

WIGICC (Wisconsin Geographic Information Coordination Council) has formed several new working groups.

Former student’s maps highlighted in congressional research report

Matt Bloch, a former Geography student at UW-Madison and student assistant in the State Cartographer’s Office, recently had his interactive mapping application highlighted in a report by the Congressional Research Service.

Wisconsin welcomes new crop of GIS/cartography professors

Several new professors with expertise in GIS and cartography have recently joined Wisconsin’s university community.

2011 NACIS conference to be held in Madison in October

NACIS (the North American Cartographic Information Society) will hold its annual conference in Madison on October 12-14, 2011.

Cartography-inspired art exhibit opens in Madison

A new exhibit at the James Watrous Gallery in Madison features unique map-inspired art.  

Madison firm to market geo-enabled health technology

 A Madison firm is scheduled to release a GPS-enabled asthma inhaler that promises to improve understanding of disease triggers.